Data from Services Australia revealed a 62 per cent jump in Victorian applications for Jobseeker and Youth Allowance in the fortnight in which the state-wide lockdown was announced from the two weeks prior.
2 June 2021 9:46am
Victoria’s fourth lockdown will most likely be extended, according to a leak to the mainstream press on Wednesday morning, where it is suggested that tough restrictions would remain in place until at least early next week.
Six new COVID-19 cases were recorded overnight, bringing Victoria’s active caseload to 67 after more than 51,000 people were tested for the virus on Tuesday.
The state government and health officials debated the length of the extension in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday night amid fears of more infections.
COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar expressed fears on Tuesday that the new strain of the virus sweeping through Melbourne is one where transmission occurs aftert “fleeting contact”.
Maree Piacente was due to marry Kevin Magrin this Saturday in Victoria - but their wedding was cancelled as the state looks to contain the last growing Covid outbreak.
Shocking video uploaded to social media showed patrons packed into a bar on Chapel Street in Melbourne s CBD 10minutes before the state entered Lockdown 4.0 at midnight on Thursday.